A logistics company with a long history has expanded its capacity in Dunaharaszti with a ten thousand square metre hall

In just 16 months, it built the STRABAG Generálépítő Kft. built the Austrian transport and logistics company's new 10,500 square metre hall and complex near the Dunaharaszti section of the M0 motorway in just 16 months.

In the framework of the project:

• 3353 square meters of logistics and
• 5942 square meters of warehouse for sale,
• 2192 square meters of office space, and a
• A hall building of 1153 square metres was built.

Gebrüder Weiss has 180 branches in 34 countries worldwide and a total warehouse area of 950,000 square metres. In Hungary, it has eight sites with a capacity of nearly 100,000 square metres.  

A border divides the gigantic building

Gebrüder Weiss Freight Forwarding and Logistics Kft. already had a 23,000-square-metre warehouse complex in Dunaharaszti; with the current development, carried out at a cost of 10 billion forints, the site’s capacity has been expanded to 32,000 square metres.
As previously reported by our portal our portal previously reported, STRABAG began in June 2022 with earthworks not requiring a permit.

Construction on the 90 thousand square metre construction site allocated for the project started first on the Budapest side and then on the Dunaharaszti side, Csaba Knoll project manager told us. The reason is that one of the two sites involved in the construction belongs to Dunaharaszti and the other to Budapest. This means that the otherwise contiguous facility crosses the border between the capital and the county. Because of the different regulations in the different administrative areas, two of the permits required for the construction had to be obtained, which meant a considerable administrative workload. 

14 thousand cubic metres of crushed stone were used to level the ground

The construction had four main phases: landscaping and excavation, during which 76,500 cubic metres of earth were moved.
In just eight days, 252 piles were
made into the foundation of the building complex. On average, 31.5 piles of 9-12 metres of concrete were drilled and poured every day.
Csaba Knoll said,

At the construction site, the ground level was 2, but in some parts 3.2 meters lower than the final floor level of the hall, so they had to fill in nearly 10,500 square meters of the area.
 

 The piling levels are therefore designed to allow piling to start from the very beginning of the construction works. Before the industrial floor was constructed, 14,000 m3 of crushed stone was used to form the bedding. The top level was set to an accuracy of 1 cm and checked by means of a load capacity measurement with a disc. The floor, which was built to the standards of the contractor, is 22 centimetres thick throughout.

Not only the flooring, but the entire logistics centre was built to Gebrüder Weiss standards. These precisely define the architectural, mechanical and electrical parameters for the office, goods reception and delivery and warehouse buildings. They also summarise the needs for roads, truck and car parking.

Thirty tonnes in the air

In the third phase of construction, in addition to the structural work on the new hall, utilities and roads were also built. Reinforced concrete beams 35 metres long were installed as the main supports for the approximately 3,400 square metre logistics warehouse building. The elements, each weighing 31.65 tonnes, were lifted into place by crane, which was captured on video.

The wooden roof elements are from Austria

The warehouse to be handed over is 9 metres high and has a floor area of almost 6,000 square metres. The most interesting element of the whole project, according to Csaba Knoll, is the wooden roof structure of this building unit, whose 24-metre-long elements were imported from Austria.

12,140 square metres of load-bearing trapezoidal sheeting were installed on the roof of the hall building and 6,200 square metres of mineral wool sandwich panels were installed on the façade.
In addition to the ramp levelers and gate seals, 65 dock doors were installed in the warehouse buildings to expand the loading units.
 

Almost six football pitches paved

Accessibility of warehouses is a key issue for a transport and logistics centre. A total of 41,065 m2 of external paving was carried out around the complex, which is equivalent to the area of almost six football pitches.

The fire protection system in the warehouses also had to be upgraded

In the logistics building, the temperature control heating was provided by ceiling mounted high pressure industrial split air source heat pumps. The provision of temperatures of around 12 degrees Celsius is also supported by downdraft fans. Each of the ceiling-mounted indoor units is accompanied by an outdoor unit installed on the roof of the building. The transfer warehouse is unheated.
The construction also required the installation of a sprinkler system - i.e. a water shower system that also acts as a fire alarm - in the warehouse buildings, appropriate for the products stored.

Cooking kitchen and rooftop garden

The project elements were completed in 15 months for the warehouses and 16 months for the office and social units. In the hall building, some 2,200 square metres of offices and social spaces were created. The basement level houses changing rooms, a kitchenette, a distribution centre and a warehouse. On the ground floor, a restaurant and a kitchenette were built. On two further floors, there are offices, meeting rooms and a green roof to recharge the batteries of the staff during their break.

The Gebrüder Weiss complex was handed over on 25 April. You can read our report on the festive event HERE.